Boot and shoe



Model.)

J. C. DAGGETT. Boots and Shoes.

No.v 227,153. Patented Ma')l 4.1880..

N-PETERS, FMOTO-LI'TMOGRAEHER. WASNINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN O. DAGGETT, OF NEPONSET, ASSIGNOR TO ALEXIS TORREY St OO., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT AND SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,153, dated May 4, 1880.

Application filed March 15, 1880. (Model.)

` scription, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes, and is herein shown as embodied in a boot made of grain-leather.

The object of my invention is to produce a warm boot or shoe which may be worn Without oiling the stocking. To accomplish this object I line the va mp or upper, and also the leg if a boot is being made, with felt or woven cloth, causing the same to adhere to the inner face of the leather by means of any usual cement-such, for instance, as the gutta-percha or india-rubber cement commonly found in market-the inner face or side ot' the leather being prepared without the usual oil or stuft'- ing commonly used at both sides ofthe leather as ordinarily prepared.

The drawing represents, in side elevation, the vamp and leg of a boot lined in accordance with my invention, the vamp and leg being both broken out to show the lining.

The vamp a or upper may be of any usual shape.

The leg b is attached to the vamp inany usual way. The lining c, of felt or woven cloth, is made to adhere to the inner face or side of the vampvor upper, substantially free from oil, by means, preferably, of a Waterproof cement applied between them.

The cloth or felt lining makes a cheap, smooth, and warm surface to come next to the stocking, and saves the stocking from becoming oiled and greased, as is the case wherein the stocking rests directly against the leather, such oiling of the stocking being especially objectionable in grain and kip leather employed for strong winter-boots to be Worn without india-rubber shoes.

Grain or kip leather now used for heavy boots is always stuffed full of oit upon both sides to make it soft and pliable, and many people Who would be benefitted in health by Wearing a warm heavy' boot will not Wear a boot or shoe made from such leather because of the disagreeable feature of the oil blacking the stocking, for the warmth of the foot draws and starts the oil.

In this my invention I have the leather 4stui'ed with oil only upon its grain side, thus leaving the iesh side particularly free from oil, in order that the cement and lining may be made to adhere rmly and closely to the upper or upper and leg. This lining gives all the softness desirable to the interior of the upper, makes it feel smooth to the foot, adds warmth to the upper, and makes it waterproof. A grain-leather boot prepared and lined in this way makes a desirable, salable, and strong water-proof boot, which is sought for to be worn by many people who would not wear a grain-leather boot prepared Without a lining', and as they are commonly made.

I have mentioned a water-proof cement, it being preferable; but I consider that it Would be within the scope of my invention if other than water-proof cement were used to cause the lining to adhere to the upper or leg.

I am aware that it is customary to line india-rubber and cloth shoes with felt or iannel, and that the lining is cemented in some Way to the upper or vamp.

I am also aware that leather shoes have been commonly lined with cloth; but I am not aware that a cloth lining has ever been cemented Within a leather boot or shoe by means of a water-proof or any other cement.

I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a boot or shoe having an upper made of leather oiled on one side only, and provided with a lining of cloth or felt secured to the unoiled side by means of cement, all as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN C. DAGGETT.

Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, N. E. C. WHITNEY. 

